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Shipping container architecture dreams

Shipping containers live out the majority of their lives on the high seas. It may not be a glamorous job but it is essential, as 90% of consumer goods are shipped around the world in them. While out of service containers would once be relegated to the scrapheap, they are experiencing a renewal thanks to […]

Container classroom

↑  The amphitheater stairs is a great meeting place EES staff are still in the midst of fundraising for the Hekima Day Care Center in Tanzania. All monies raised by our office goes to benefit this fantastic, well deserving school, and our staff are proud to donate their extra $1 and $2 coins just to […]

Container weighing approved

EES Shipping has been at the fore front of the issues surrounding container weight declarations and the new Chain of Responsibility laws. We have ensured that our overseas agents and local operators are aware of this change that’s due to come into effect.  We pride ourselves in the knowledge that our staff are fully up […]

Maersk ordered to locate missing containers

Back in February of this year, the Svenborg Maersk ran into trouble in the Bay of Biscay, which is located on the West Coast of France. A huge storm caused approximately 520 containers to topple into the sea from the huge vessel, which can hold 8680 twenty foot containers. Maersk advised that around 85% of […]

Counterfeit guitars destroyed

It’s not only the Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) that are protecting the borders. Over in America, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are hard at work too. At the beginning of May, CBP officers made a “loud” discovery at the International and Bulk Mail Centre in Jersey City, N.J. More […]

Container Homestead – Detroit

GM – the driving force behind this unique project. A brand new type of residence is being built in Detroit thanks to a new project driven by General Motors. The first occupied container homestead is currently being built in the carpark of GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant and we can’t wait to see the finished product. […]

End of a voyage

The end is here. This week is all about the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller. She’s a big one, the biggest in fact. The full-size Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller is 400m long, 59m wide (beam) and a staggering 73m high.   ^ Check out this amazing image. It reinforces just how large this vessel really is. The Lego […]

Custom’s Fantasy Seizure

A 33 year old man has been arrested and has appeared before the courts in Sydney charged with importing approx 30 litres of Gamma-Butylrolactone (GBL), which is used in the manufacture of the date-rape drug known as Fantasy. GBL when entering the body metabolises into the drug gamma-hydoxybutryate (GHB). It can cause memory loss, abrupt […]

‘Ice’d coffee seizure

A 32 year old Vietnamese national has been charged with the importation of a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug. Two shipments arrived at the Sydney International Mail Facility from China . Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) carried out an exam of the cargo, which revealed a shocking concealment of methamphetamine. The […]